]]>http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2012/07/more-blogs-to-enjoy.html/feed/0Let the music move you…http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/07/let-the-music-move-you.html
http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/07/let-the-music-move-you.html#commentsThu, 14 Jul 2011 02:47:59 +0000http://blog.beliefnet.com/popcultureroadtrip/?p=367I wanted to let you know that I've started a new blog here at beliefnet.net - The Rock and Roll Road Trip - which is where you can now follow me.

]]>http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/07/let-the-music-move-you.html/feed/1Back from the Arctic…http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/06/back-from-the-arctic.html
http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/06/back-from-the-arctic.html#commentsThu, 23 Jun 2011 13:28:09 +0000http://blog.beliefnet.com/popcultureroadtrip/?p=352Charlie and I made it back from the Actic and it was more spectacular than we imagined it would be.

I've already written an article about it...

"Maybe it was the deep isolation in a blue and white ice world; maybe it was the spectacular nature or a combination of both. Whatever it was, I could not wait to visit the land of the "midnight sun" with Quark this year, and this trip has left me reeling, just as the last one did.

]]>http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/06/back-from-the-arctic.html/feed/0A Def Leppard glimpse…http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/06/a-def-leppard-glimpse.html
http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/06/a-def-leppard-glimpse.html#commentsWed, 01 Jun 2011 17:43:22 +0000http://blog.beliefnet.com/popcultureroadtrip/?p=340Something special - recently I sat down at the home of Phil Collen from Def Leppard - he shared some of the new live album that's coming out this week, "Mirrorball" - which includes three new studio tracks as well. More to follow once the album is released, but here's a glimpse of our visit...

“It's not often that you get to speak with a musical legend as lasting and impactful as Herb Alpert. Given that he will be performing May 20 in our backyard at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, I thought you might enjoy this.
The numbers alone are staggering. One hundred million albums sold. Eight Grammys. Recipient of Grammy...

]]>an article I wrote recently…
“It's not often that you get to speak with a musical legend as lasting and impactful as Herb Alpert. Given that he will be performing May 20 in our backyard at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall in Costa Mesa, I thought you might enjoy this.
The numbers alone are staggering. One hundred million albums sold. Eight Grammys. Recipient of Grammy...

]]>http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/06/herb-alpert-lani-hall-a-match-made-in-musical-heaven.html/feed/0Graduation and Growing Uphttp://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/05/graduation-and-growing-up.html
http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/05/graduation-and-growing-up.html#commentsTue, 24 May 2011 16:39:03 +0000http://blog.beliefnet.com/popcultureroadtrip/?p=333Many of you are preparing for graduations this time of the year - we have two. Our daughter is moving from middle school to high school and our son is graduating from high school.

]]>My newspaper column this week talks about all of this, with a poem I wrote for grads, and also for parents.
But there's something else I wanted to share. When our son was about one, he started climbing up...

]]>http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/05/graduation-and-growing-up.html/feed/1Confucius says…http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/05/confucius-says.html
http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/05/confucius-says.html#commentsMon, 16 May 2011 15:52:17 +0000http://blog.beliefnet.com/popcultureroadtrip/?p=323I took this photo this morning and attached what felt like an appropriate thought - from one of my favorite philosophers...

"I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there."Confucius, The Confucian...

]]>http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/05/having-faith-in-christopher-cross.html/feed/1Marilyn Monroe Mystery…http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/04/marilyn-monroe-mystery.html
http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/04/marilyn-monroe-mystery.html#commentsTue, 26 Apr 2011 14:16:56 +0000http://blog.beliefnet.com/popcultureroadtrip/?p=280A piece I've been working on for a couple of weeks just broke on AOL News. There's just something about her - it's strange - that pulls many of us in...

]]>http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/04/marilyn-monroe-mystery.html/feed/0Dodger Stadium – A Metaphor For Lifehttp://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/04/dodger-stadium-a-metaphor-for-life.html
http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/popcultureroadtrip/2011/04/dodger-stadium-a-metaphor-for-life.html#commentsTue, 12 Apr 2011 16:58:39 +0000http://blog.beliefnet.com/popcultureroadtrip/?p=118We all know what happened at Dodger Stadium last week - the tragic beating of a Giants fan in the parking lot after the game. Dodger owner Frank McCourt called it a "random act" (as opposed to the calculated attack that it was) and the Dodgers are now in full PR press mode - holding press conferences with the mayor and letting it be known to every single person entering the stadium that this sort of violence will not be tolerated.